Cloth-piling machine.



G. WEISS.

CLOTH PILING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED APB..26, 1909.

957,588. Patented May 10, 1910.

CORNELIUS WEISS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

GLOTI-I-PILING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 10, 1910.

Original application filed December 2, 1908, Serial No. 465,714. Dividedand this application filed April 26,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CORNELIUS Wnrss, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Flatbush, borough of Brooklyn, Kings county, New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cloth-Piling Machines,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cloth handling machines and its noveltyconsists in the construction and adaptation of the parts as will be morefully hereinafter pointed out.

In Letters Patent of the United States #937,398, granted to me October19, 1909, I describe and claim a novel device of this kind comprising,in brief, a table, rails arranged on each side thereof, a carrieradapted to be moved on the rails on each side of the table, verticallyadjustable brackets adapted to be supported from the carriers and to bemoved above the table and transversely arranged cloth supporting devicessecured to the brackets, whereby, as the carriers were moved, the clothon such devices was moved with respect to the table and its readymanipulation was promoted. There is also described in said patent meansfor actuating the carriers and controlling such movement and foradjusting and arranging the parts and their connections.

The subject matter of this application was described in the applicationfor Letters Patent hereinbefore mentioned and by a requirement of thePatent Oiiice was divided therefrom. It relates more particularly tomeans for handling the cloth so that it may face as desired when laid onthe table irrespective of the direction in which the cloth support ismoved.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a part of a machineembodying my invention; Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail of the clothsupport, some of the parts being shown in vertical section, and Fig. 3is a perspective on a smaller scale of the cloth support omitting thespindles.

In the drawings, 1 is a table having a number of legs or supports 2along its sides to which are secured rail brackets 50 for the purpose ofsupporting upper channel rails 5 and lower channel rails 16.

Carriers with two lower wheels 62 and two upper wheels 63 adapted totravel upon the rails 16 and 5, respectively, are provided on theirouter sides with sleeves or boxes 64 Serial No. 492,321.

to receive the depending stems 42 of brackets -10 which stems may bevertically adjusted in the sleeves and held in any position afteradjustment by means of set screws 66. Cords or belts 9 are secured oneach side of the carrier and are moved lengthwise of the table by anysuitable device as, for instance, a motor actuated pulley (not shown).It is by this means that the carriers are moved along the table.

The brackets 40 which with their connections form the cloth support, aredesigned to carry two rolls of cloth and lay them so that the nap of thecloth will run the same way, as indicated by the arrows. Each bracket 40is a T-shaped piece having hori zontal arms-41 and stem 42 provided witha slot 43 adapted to engage the set screw of the carrier 60. At the endof each of the horizontal arms ll of the T-sha-ped piece is a thumb nutand screw 44, each screw being adapted to engage in a slot a9 in theshank 48 of a spindle carrier 45 provided with a groove 16 forming anopen bearing to receive a spindle 17, and a. set screw 47 to hold thespindle in place.

In some cases, it is necessary or convenient in handling the roll ofcloth to turn it around, To facilitate such manipulation, there isprovided a crosspiece 67 secured to the bracket 40 by bolts 68, or inany other convenient manner. Mounted on the cross piece is an upright 69in which is remov ably secured a concave holder 71 mounted on a pivotsecured to or made integral therewith and which pivot sets in a verticalrecess in the upright 69 provided to receive it. hen it is desired toturn the goods, the operator, or more than one, if needed, lifts thespindle 17 on which the cloth is rolled out of the open bearings orgrooves 46 of the spindle carriers 45 and places it on the holder 71 andturns it around and after so doing replaces it on the bearings again.The stem 42 of the bracket is graduated as indicated at 420 to assist inadjusting it accurately.

What I claim as new is 1. In a machine of the character described, acloth supporting device, comprising two pairs of arms, a transversespindle adapted to be carried between each pair, and means for adjustingthe horizontal longitudinal position of each pair with respect to theother.

vertical position of theentire device, comofarms.

2.1n a machine of the character described, a cloth supporting device,comprising two pairs of arms, a transverse spindle adapted to be carriedbetween eachpair, means for adjusting the horizontal longitudinalposition ofeaclr air with respect to the other and means or adjustingthe vertical position of theuentire device.

3. In a machine of the character, described, a cloth supporting device,comprising,,tw o pairs of arms, a transversespindle adapted, to becarried between each pair,

means for adjusting the horizontal longi-, tudinal position of eachpair. with respect to the, other, andmeans for, adjusting-the prising atable, carriersarranged in pairs, one onleach. side thereof, an uprightadjustably secured to each carrier was connection between the uprightand thepairs 4.111 a machine of the character de-. scribed; a table, apair v of' cloth carriers adapted to beimoved longitudinally thereof,acloth support mounted onthe carriers, nonrevoluble open bearings for acloth supporting spindle arranged transversely of the support and aholder carried by the support and adapted to revolve in a horizontalplane.

In a machine of the character described, a table, a pair of clothcarriers adapted to be moved longitudinally thereof, a cloth supportmounted on the carriers, a pair of clothv supporting spindles arrangedtransversely of the support and a horizontally revoluble holder placedbetween them.

6. In a machine ofv the character de scribed, a table, a pair of clothcarriers adapted to be movedlongitudinally thereof, a cloth supportmounted. on the carriers,

non-revoluble open bearings, for a cloth, supporting sp ndlearranged"transversely of the support, and a holder-adapted to revolve ina horizontal plane, carried by the support, in combination. with meansfor, adjusting the support vertically. I

fitness my hand this 21st day of April 1909, at New York, N. Y.

CORNELIUS VEISS. lVitnesses:

M Y HUGHES, A AN C, MoDoNNELL.

